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SIMMONS v. SEA-LAND SERVICES, INC.

No. 82-56.

459 U.S. 931 (1982)

SIMMONS ET AL. v. SEA-LAND SERVICES, INC., ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

October 12, 1982.

Certiorari denied.

JUSTICE WHITE, with whom JUSTICE O'CONNOR joins, dissenting.

Under § 33(b) of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 44 Stat. 1440, as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 933(b), the 6-month period within which an injured long-shoreman must commence a third-party negligence action against a shipowner begins upon his "[a]cceptance of . . . compensation under an award in a compensation order." In this case, the Fourth Circuit...

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